CVE-2010-0072
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Secure Backup component in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is a buffer overflow in observiced.exe that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a "reverse lookup of connections" to TCP port 10000.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceBuffer overflow vulnerability in the observiced.exe component of Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via reverse lookup connections to TCP port 10000. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity due to remote code execution capability.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.2.0.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Oracle Secure Backup installationLocate Oracle Secure Backup installation directory and check for observiced.exe component, or query installed programs for Oracle Secure BackupAffected if Oracle Secure Backup with observiced.exe component is not present on the system
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Identify installed versionCheck version information of Oracle Secure Backup installation (typically via installer properties, registry, or executable version info)Affected if The installed version is exactly 10.2.0.3 (only this specific version is affected)
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Verify observiced.exe is runningCheck if observiced.exe process is running on the system using Task Manager or command-line tools such as tasklist or WMICAffected if observiced.exe is running and listening on TCP port 10000
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Confirm TCP port 10000 is exposedUse netstat, nmap, or similar network utility to check if port 10000 is open and listening on network interfacesAffected if Port 10000 is accessible from network and bound to observiced.exe
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Check if reverse lookup feature is enabledReview Oracle Secure Backup configuration for reverse lookup connection settings on the observiced.exe component (consult product documentation for configuration file location)Affected if Reverse lookup connections are enabled on the service listening on port 10000
Your environment is affected only if Oracle Secure Backup version 10.2.0.3 is installed with observiced.exe running and accessible on TCP port 10000 with reverse lookup enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2010 or later. If patching is not immediately possible, block untrusted network access to TCP port 10000 and implement network segmentation to limit exposure.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-0072 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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